Pocono Mountain East (Swiftwater, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Coach: Michael Culkin
League: Eastern Pennsylvania - North
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #80

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2015 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Tyler Horvath 6'4" 225 Senior TE/LB 5.2
Joel Wittel 5'10" 185 Senior WR/FS 4.53
Tommy Sisk 6'0" 195 Senior WR/DE 4.7

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Most Players Know System, More Effective Offense
Team Weaknesses: Have To Avoid Giving Up Big Plays, Must Shore Up Special Teams Play

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -9.7
2015 National Rank: #10098
2015 State Rank: #429
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +9.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
2016 Starting Power Rating: -0.2
2016 National Rank: #7880
2016 State Rank: #341
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -2.2
Dynasty National Rank: #8946
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2
Dynasty Record: 40-93 (30-58 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 2-8
2015 League Record/Finish: 2-6 (7th)
2015 Points For Average: 12
2015 Points Against Average: 37.6
2015 Differential: -25.6
2015 Wins: #6891 Dieruff [Louis E.] (Allentown) (25-20), #11661 Allen [William] (Allentown) (34-6)
2015 Losses: #1270 Bethlehem Catholic (Bethlehem) (46-0), #1718 Emmaus (56-6), #1778 Allentown Central Catholic (Allentown) (42-6), #3480 Stroudsburg (42-7), #4702 Pleasant Valley (Brodheadsville) (63-20), #6613 East Stroudsburg North (Dingmans Ferry) (39-13), #7583 Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit) (35-6), #10039 East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg) (27-3)
2015 Opponents W-L: 49-58
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Whitehall, 9/2 East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg), 9/9 at Dieruff [Louis E.] (Allentown), 9/16 East Stroudsburg North (Dingmans Ferry), 9/23 Allen [William] (Allentown), 9/30 at Stroudsburg, 10/7 Allentown Central Catholic (Allentown), 10/14 at Parkland (Allentown), 10/21 Pleasant Valley (Brodheadsville), 10/28 at Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Parkland (Allentown) (57.8), Allentown Central Catholic (Allentown) (31.7), Stroudsburg (18.6)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Allen [William] (Allentown) (-18.6), East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg) (-1.5), Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit) (2.4)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.4
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.5
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #135
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3671
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2016 Projected League Finish: 7th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%